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Date:      Thu, 18 Mar 1999 10:48:20 -0800 (PST)
From:      asami@FreeBSD.ORG (Satoshi Asami)
To:        kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au
Cc:        sheldonh@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ports/10461: make gimp-1.1.2 failed in GTK test...
Message-ID:  <199903181848.KAA31596@bubble.didi.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.4.10.9903181355160.19710-100000@bragg> (message from Kris Kennaway on Thu, 18 Mar 1999 13:58:29 %2B0930 (CST))
References:   <Pine.OSF.4.10.9903181355160.19710-100000@bragg>

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 * From: Kris Kennaway <kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au>

 * Because glib11-devel could be anything from 1.1.4 up to 1.1.16 (well, I think
 * the library version number may have been bumped once or twice to break up that
 * space) and if it's too old (read: not equal to the version of gtk11-devel
 * you're installing) the dependency check will pass, but it with either not
 * compile, or compile but give weird runtime problems.

That's what LIB_DEPENDS should take care of. :)

 * I think ports like this where the developers frequently break backwards
 * compatability within the same minor version number should have their library
 * version bumped for each release - e.g. glib-1.1.16 has libglib11-devel.so.16,
 * etc. That solves the dependency problem..

That's a very good idea.  People can clearly see it's a "devel"
version too.

Satoshi


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